The Newbie Gifting Project Thread

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Hello and welcome to The Newbie Gifting Project Thread! This is a gifting thread ran by a portion of the DC community to help those who do not yet have a bronze badge grow their scroll and fulfill their wish lists!

While we apologize for the length of this thread post, we must urge all members to read it in it's entirety. We have still have a few people just copying and pasting the code without reading ANYTHING. If you deign to skip over the rules and what should and should not be post, mods will do that same for your posts.

As a newbie entering our program, there are a few requirements we have and you need to keep in mind:

1) You must not yet have earned a bronze badge in order to be eligible for this thread.

2) You may only request for eggs for yourself.

3) Your scroll MUST be visible at all times. Your scroll name must be shown on the pages of your dragons (Account -> Account Settings -> "Display Username on Dragon Info Page" must be enabled). A link to your scroll must be in your signature. If you have fogged eggs, mods or donors may also ask you to temporarily unfog them to check the breed of the egg.

4) You can request up to 3 eggs at one time. Once a request is filled, you can ask for another egg, or you can update your wish list by replacing one egg type for another.

5) We are not taking requests for caveborn dragons, special lineages, lowed timed eggs or hatchies.

6) ALL GIFTS MUST STAY ON YOUR SCROLL. You may not kill or freeze any creatures you get via this thread. You may not use the earthquake-BSA, bite any eggs you get via this thread or make Neglected experiments with them. You may not trade, re-gift or dump any eggs you get via this thread. This is non-negotiable and any violations can result in a permanent ban from the thread.

7) Dead-egg-policy: The request form for Newbies explicitly asks if there are dead eggs or hatchies on the Newbies scroll and why. Users that say "No" although there are dead eggs or hatchies on the scroll and users who lie about the cause of death of their eggs/hatchies will be punished with a ban. If this is to be a temporary or a permanent ban depends on the case.

8) If your forum name begins with the letters A - H, tell us what your favorite animal is at the bottom of your post. I - Q tell us what your favorite food is at the bottom of your post. R - Z tell us what your favorite movie is at the bottom of your post. This is a check to see if you read the rules.

9) Do not send multiple requests for the same egg or ask us why your list has not been added or updated yet. This counts as begging and can be punished with a ban.

10) More and more donors tell us that they have newbies not replying to PMs. As we consider this behaviour rude and ungrateful we have a new rule from now on: If a donor lets us know that a newbie did not respond within 7 days we will send the respective user a follow-up-PM. If they still do not respond within 3 days (making it 10 days total of no activity) then they will be removed from the list.

You are new in this thread and want to request some eggs for the first time? Please use the form below:

If you are unsure which dragon is which you might find this link helpful: Dragoncave Wiki

PM link: If you don´t know how to get your PM link just leave this empty.

Egg Request: Any egg you are currently wishing for. You must be specific. If you request for "any/rares/trios" or something similar you will be asked to resubmit the request.

Do you have any dead eggs or hatchies on your scroll? If not, just say No. If Yes, let us know, why. Donors have the right to know if you are unsure and need help or if you killed the egg/hatchie deliberately or used the earthquake action etc.

Alts (Black, Vine, Undine) - You can only see if you got a normal Black/Vine/Undine or an Alt when it is hatched. As you are not allowed to ask for hatchies in this thread you may not ask for Alts.

Specific colors of Nebulas - You can only see which color the Nebula dragon will be when the egg is hatched (and has reached the second stage). As you are not allowed to ask for hatchies in this thread you may not ask for specific colors of Nebulas.

Guardians of Nature - Can only be obtained through the "Summon" action. Each scroll may have up to three of this species. You have to try this yourself and on your own scroll as those eggs can not be teleported.

Neglected - Can only be obtained through neglecting an egg (giving it no views until the 7 days are nearly over) which may result in killing it. This goes against the idea of this thread as a place that helps newer players to build up a decent scroll. If you want one start experimenting yourself please.

Zombie - Can only be obtained through killing and reviving a hatchie or adult dragon. You have to do this yourself and on your own scroll as Zombies cannot be teleported.

Leetle trees - Can not be teleported so you will have to catch it yourself.

For the time being there is no limit on how many of your three requests may be Rares. But please keep in mind that if you ask for three things that are hard to obtain you might reach the bronze trophy before we have a chance to gift those things to you.

You already have a request list in this thread and want us to change it?

Please do not use the form above but simply state "Remove this and add that to my list". Make sure to bold your post, otherwise your request will be ignored.

Your request list was fullfilled and removed but you want to submit another request list?

As long as you don´t have a bronze trophy you may do so. Please use the form from above as you did when requesting for the first time.

Once a Newbie has received a gifted egg, either the donor or the requester has to post the following form:

This is a new security measure we are taking to make sure eggs do not get abandoned or traded after gifting. Not reported gifts can be punished with a ban.

Any gift received should always warrant a "Thank You" from the newbie getting the egg.

All gifted eggs will transferred via Teleport BSA. We ask that all newbies keep a slot open for gifts, so that you can be ready to receive the gift ASAP. It's imperative that newbies TRY not to keep themselves in a state of perma-lock when asking for gifts, because this is very frustrating for donors who wish to give you a desired egg but cannot due to your scroll being locked.

Formatting in this thread is very specific; if you do not follow it there is a chance your post may be skipped. Mods updating will look for specific colors or bolded text and will pass by any other posts as general "chatter". Do not use blue or red text as those two colors are used for mods only. Blue is for general updates, and red is for something important or urgent that needs to be brought to the attention of everyone immediately.

Once you reach a bronze badge, a mod will remove any other requests you have from the queue, as you are no longer eligible.

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Every user, with or without a trophy, can donate in this thread. Just go ahead and PM our listers or offer the eggs you have to give directly in the thread.

DO NOT POST TELEPORT LINKS HERE. As terrible as this sounds, we have had some dishonest people snatching up eggs with the teleport links here even though they were not newbies. We know you mean well, but there is no guarantee that a newbie will be the one who takes the egg when the link is posted in a free for all manner. It's better to just ask them to PM you for the link.

Before gifting any eggs make sure to check if they display their scroll name and haven't reached a bronze badge.

Because so many newbies may not know what specific dragons or eggs look like, it can be helpful to post a sprite of the dragon/egg you are offering up for adoption. While this is not necessary, it will help newbies identify which egg/dragon they will be accepting onto their scroll.

Donors, make sure to follow up on your eggs to make sure they stay on the intended scroll. If you should find that a gifted egg has not stayed on the giftees scroll make sure to contact both the receiver and a mod to find out why this has happened and what to do about it. Do not, however, call out a person in this thread (or anywhere on the forums) as that is against overall forum rules.

Once a Newbie has received a gifted egg, either the donor or the requester has to post the following form:

This is a new security measure we are taking to make sure eggs do not get abandoned or traded after gifting. Not reported gifts can be punished with a ban.

My message was not read/My gift was not claimed!

Dear Breeders, please help us keep the lists clear of absent or unresponsive requesters by telling us about them! This saves you and your fellow breeders from the disappointment that is a rejected gift.

Tracking messages (the second checkbox below the PM composing box) will help you see if your PM has been read or not. If an intended recipient does not read your PM and/or not claim the gift within seven days, please report back to us so that we can mark them as "absent" and spare the trouble for other breeders. You can either PM us or use the following form (you can post that in the thread or send it to us via PM).

[COLOR=red][SIZE=5][b]My message was not read/My gift was not claimed![/b][/SIZE][/COLOR]
[b]Donor:[/b] Forumname of the person gifting the egg
[b]Giftee:[/b] Forumname of the person not reading their PM and/or not claiming the gift
[b]When did you PM the intended giftee:[/b]

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That is great! While the main thing is to fill newbie requests (especially for tough - to - breed dragons), there are a few other things you can do to help out!

§ Promote our thread with a banner in your signature!

§ Actively promote our thread by going into the introduction forum and greeting newbies, then tell them about our thread! Or, if you are in another thread and see they are a newbie or do not qualify for other service threads like TGT, refer them here!

Special thanks to evangeline5432 for helping the mods with greeting the fresh newbies! You rock!

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Mods may issue verbal warnings as they see fit. They are exact that - verbal warnings and do not come with any extra punishment unless you manage to rack up enough of them that further action is needed. However, should the violation call for it, a mod may decide to skip the verbal warnings and immediately hand out a strike.

A major warning will get you a strike as well as a 14 day probationary period. During this time a newbie may not receive or request any eggs through our services.

When a member gets a "strike" they will go onto our grey list. The grey list will tell you how many strikes they have and the days in which they are serving their probation (mm/dd/yy - mm/dd/yy). A person is allowed two strikes of any kind before being put on the black list. Once a person gets their third strike, they are permanently banned and are no longer eligible to receive any gifts from this thread. Their names will be listed on the black list.

If a newbie should receive a gift from this thread while under probation, they will almost assuredly get an instant ban. We will not tolerate the generosity of our donors being taken advantage of, and while donors are free to give eggs to whoever they please, we cannot really approve of gifting to people who repeatedly or purposely break rules. It's just not fair to the people who do follow directions. The mods will have to discuss a course of action amongst themselves in order to find out the fairest way to deal with the situation.

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The breeding of the Christmas dragons from the previous years will begin some days before Christmas. TJ09 (the founder of the site and admin of the forum) will post in the News section when exactly the breeding and the event begin. So keep an eye on this forum: News

You can only acquire bred eggs from the previous Christmas breeds no caveborn ones. Which means that they have parents and lineages/family trees.

Those eggs will be found on the abandoned page only.

There is no limit on how many you can pick up of which one (= no breed limit - your egglimit stays the same during the event).

Only Hollies need to be influenced to make sure they gender as preferred. For the other breeds the gender is fixed. Yulebucks will always be males, Snow Angels always females and so on.

The eggs look like this:

Holly 2007

Yulebuck 2008

Snow Angel 2009

Ribbondancer 2010

Winter Magi 2011

Wrapping Wing 2012

Solstice 2013

The new Christmas egg will probably be released on 25th of December and will be available for several days. TJ09 will confirm that with a post in the above mentioned section of the forum.

The egg is to be found in all biomes/habitats and will be caveborn (no parents). Every 5 minutes the biomes will be filled up (xx.00/xx.05/xx.10/xx.15 and so on). So if you see empty biomes you just have to wait a few minutes and try again.

If the breed limit is not changed you will not be allowed to get more than two of those.

Nobody but TJ09 and the spriters knows beforehand what the new breed looks like.

No need to influence you eggs. Their gender is defined by the breed.

You are not allowed to ask for any holiday eggs in this thread. But some of our donors will offer their help with the eggs from the previous years. Besides there will be plenty of gifting in other threads within the trading section.

In the next weeks gifting, updating and answering questions will from experience be slower than usual as not everybody spends their holidays in front of the computer. So please be patient.

If I'm breeding CBs for you, please don't inbreed them or cause a horrendously messy lineage. Freezing is fine, but I would like them named; all of my dragons are named unless they have a nice code. Anything you breed from the gift can be unnamed.

BONUS INFORMATION:

I have several CBs of each BSA type, save for Soulpiece and Trios.

I have Cave-Borns of many Rares and [un]Commons. I keep an up-to-date list of them in a spreadsheet. If you want a 2nd Gen from any of those, just send me a PM and I'll check to make sure I have what you want.

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Stipulation: I have a long wait list already, so it's going to take me a while to get to anyone from here. I take breeding requests for any breed or dragon so long as they're breedable. If you cannot respond within a day of my PMing you a link, I'll probably give the egg to someone else unless you tell me this is a problem beforehand.